April 06, 2010

season changes

Today it reached almost 90 degrees and my heart almost leapt out of my chest in sheer joy. It.was.heavenly. Sleeping with the windows open is one of the best things in life, isn't it?! (unless you suffer from allergies then...maybe not so much.)

Anyway, in celebration of the change of season I changed out my little heart decorations for something a little more spring-like. This time I chose origami paper cranes. (and thought of Prison Break season 1 the whole time. Anyone else?)

I just looked up directions on line, like this one, and gathered a bunch of paper types that I had lying around.

Old Entertainment Weekly, old Reader's Digest books (best find of the decade. i use these those things ALL the time!) and an old Buffy comic I got at a thrift store. You can use any type of paper. No need to spend all that money on fancy origami paper.

I decided to add one of my heart strands because it added a perfect little pop of color. Then I simple threaded them up on a needle and normal sewing thread and used a push-pin to attach them to the ceiling.

Super easy. And they look so cute spinning slowly when the breeze catches them from my open windows. These may have to stay up for a while.